volant

From Middle French volant, present participle of voler (“to fly”), from Latin volāre.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvəʊlənt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvoʊlənt/
• Rhymes: (UK) -əʊlənt, (General American) -oʊlənt

volant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Having extended wings as if flying.
   • 1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, page 342:

     Crest - A horseshoe ar. betw. two wings volant sa. Farrer

   • 1924, The Publications of the Harleian Society, page 73:

     A demi-ostrich, wings volant proper.

2. (heraldry) Represented as unsupported in the air.
   • 1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, page 553:

     A martlet volant. Motto - In Deo solo spes mea. Kay

3. Flying, or able to fly.
   • 1657, Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonly Called, the Morals, Written by the Learned Philosopher, Plutarch, page 525:

     Alexander the Great […] lanced himself in manner of a Star Volant in the Air, leaping out of the East into the West, […]

4. Moving quickly or lightly, as though flying; nimble.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 209:

     he turned to catch through the trees a flitting glimpse of her light dress, her volant attitude, as she sped silently and secretly back to the waiting group on the porch.

• Voltan

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈlan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [voˈlant]

volant m or f (masculine and feminine plural volants)

1. flying

volant m (plural volants)

1. steering wheel, handwheel
2. (badminton) shuttlecock
3. badminton
4. tassel
5. (clothing) fringe, ruffle
6. (medicine) referral

• volant de direcció
• volant d'inèrcia
• volantí

volant

1. gerund of volar

• “volant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from French volant (“steering wheel”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolant]

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volant m inan

1. steering wheel

• “volant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “volant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “volant”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɑ̃/

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volant

1. present participle of voler

volant (feminine volante, masculine plural volants, feminine plural volantes)

1. flying

   soucoupe volante ― flying saucer

   objet volant non identifié ― unidentified flying object

   tapis volant ― flying carpet

   poisson volant ― flying fish

   feuille volante ― flyer

   renard volant ― flying fox

• cerf-volant

volant m (plural volants)

1. steering wheel

   Coordinate terms: guidon, barre

   prendre le volant ― to take the wheel

   au volant ― at the wheel

   fou du volant ― car buff, petrolhead; speeder

2. (technical) flywheel
3. flounce
4. (badminton) shuttlecock, birdie

• → Czech: volant
• → Danish: volant
• → German: Volant
• → Italian: volant
• → Swedish: volang
• → Turkish: volan
• → Vietnamese: vô-lăng

• “volant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• lovant

Unadapted borrowing from French volant.

volant m (invariable)

1. frill, flounce

• volant in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

volant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of volō

• IPA^(key): /vuˈlaŋt/

volant m

1. steering wheel

   Synonym: sters

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔlant]

volant m inan (genitive singular volanta, volantu, nominative plural volanty, genitive plural volantov, declension pattern of dub)

1. steering wheel

• “volant”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025